Category Archives: General

Theodore St. Antoine to Deliver 2016 Schwartz Lecture at OSU’s Moritz College of Law on April 5

Theodore St. Antoine, the James E. & Sarah A. Degan Professor of Law Emeritus at the University of Michigan, will deliver the 2016 Schwartz Lecture on Dispute Resolution. Professor St. Antoine’s lecture will take place on April 5 at 12:10 in Saxbe Auditorium at The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law. The Moritz Program … Continue reading Theodore St. Antoine to Deliver 2016 Schwartz Lecture at OSU’s Moritz College of Law on April 5 →

Shestowsky on How Litigants Evaluate Procedures

Donna Shestowsky (UC Davis) has published “How Litigants Evaluate the Characteristics of Legal Procedures: A Multi-Court Empirical Study” in the UC Davis Law Review, available on SSRN. The abstract: This Article presents findings from the first multi-court field study examining how civil litigants evaluate the characteristics of legal procedures shortly after their cases are filed … Continue reading Shestowsky on How Litigants Evaluate Procedures →

Two Quick Takes on Cohen: Open-Minded Listening

Jonathan Cohen (Florida) has published “Open-Minded Listening” in the Charlotte Law Review. Jonathan’s article explores what it means to listen with an open mind and how we (as lawyers, mediators, or judges) might cultivate open-minded listening in our practices. Abstract here. Read on for two micro-analyses or “quick takes” on Jonathan’s article, in which two … Continue reading Two Quick Takes on Cohen: Open-Minded Listening →

Seeing Through Others’ Eyes

The New York Times just published a piece that really grabs me.  It is a collection of photos and quotes of Iranians about their expectations from the recent agreement prohibiting Iranian nuclear weapon development. For one thing, the photos are wonderfully compelling and artistic images.  They display the faces of people from a country considered … Continue reading Seeing Through Others’ Eyes →

What Works in Mediation? What Do “Consumers” of Mediation Value in the Process?

I am a part of a the above titled program at the upcoming ABA DR Section Conference (it’s already been labeled as an intriguing program).  Part of the program will be focuses on survey data from mediation participants (mediator, advocate, party, etc.).  As a regular reader of this blog, if you have a moment, please … Continue reading What Works in Mediation? What Do “Consumers” of Mediation Value in the Process? →

Conversation with Heather Kulp About ADR Careers – Part 4

This conversation began with my questioning Heather Kulp about her series of posts in which she critiqued what she saw as some fallacies about ADR jobs.   Heather responded, reflecting her sense of obligation to help students interested in ADR to get jobs. When we last left the conversation, I started by identifying things I … Continue reading Conversation with Heather Kulp About ADR Careers – Part 4 →